Mr Brook has been an Information Technology professional (formally a Data Processing professional) for over 50 years serving as a programmer, systems designer and professional, DP manager, and consultant. While in the army and afterward for the defense department doing what he likes to call “really fun stuff”, language and operating system development and some very classified applications, at the NSA. He then returned to Birmingham and since has mostly been involved with developing, installing and supporting business computer systems – accounting, sales, inventory, purchasing, all of the “bread and butter” business apps, and consulting. Mr. Brook is highly respected leader in the Jewish community having held many national posts as well as being an avid scuba diver.

ICCP Secretary: Keith Tennant​​Mr. Tennant has been a systems operator, programmer, application developer, team leader and Chair of many ICCP Board Committees including technology renewal, education & recertification and is now serving as an officer of the organization. He is an avid Photographer. He continues to volunteer his time especially with the AITP National Collegiate Conference and has been their official photographer for many years. Originally certifying as an Associate Computing Professional, he later earned his full Certified Computing Professional Designation.

​Director of Certification: James Saikin

Mr. Saikin, JD is a strategic thinker and recognized as one of the best COO’s in many industries. He is a senior consultant with Emerge Interests LLC in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. As well as being an expert in Blockchain Mr. Saikin is also a Juris Doctor and specializes in IP protection - globally, consulting with many startups.His skills and knowledge of Blockchain are unmatched and he is presenting at conferences all over the world and working with companies throughout Asia on how to implement Blockchain solutions. He most recently worked with a strong team of SME’s to create the Blockchain Certification program at ICCP. He is often working with many start-up companies in this space.

Director - New Projects: Jacqueline Luciano

Ms. Luciano, CCP, PMP Retired is an IT Product, Program, and Project Manager with extensive experience in the computer industry. Her experience encompasses application design and development; software package implementation; database design, implementation, and management; system architecture; and system and network management. Ms Luciano served as President of the Greater Boston Chapter of the Association for Women in Computing, President of the Ocean State Chapter of the Project Management Institute, Treasurer of the Boston Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN), President of the Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP), and President of the ICCP Educational Foundation. She has been a member of the ICCP Board of Directors in multiple capacities since 1997.

ICCP Education Foundation - President: Leon Wagschal

​Leon is an Information technology industry thought leader committed to the advancement of IT professionalism. He is committed to lifelong learning and maintaining professional standards and credentials. A rare generalist in a field that increasingly fractured into specialists, he brings decades of experience in both hardware and software design and implementation and leading-edge knowledge of changing technology and management trends to the development of high quality solutions for his clients. Leon is President of Mane-frame Systems Innovations Inc., an independent consulting firm serving clients from government to private enterprises for over 30 years. Since 2013 he has been the President of the Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP) Education Foundation. He holds an M.Sc. from the Centre for Research in Experimental Space Science (CRESS) at York University in Toronto.

ACM Board Representative: Don Gotterbarn

Mr. Gotterbarn is director of the Software Engineering Ethics Research Institute, Professor Emeritus East Tennessee State University and visiting professor at the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, UK. As a computer consultant he worked on international software projects for the U.S. Navy, the Saudi Arabian Navy, and the European Union. Projects included decision support systems, vote counting machines, and missile defense systems. He taught at the University of Southern California and trained the US National Security Agency and TATA Consultancy Services- in India. His research appears in over 100 articles, & he has been been recognized by government and various professional bodies, e.g. The ACM Presidential Award 2018 and the Joseph Weizenbaum award 2010.

CPCI Board Representative: Pablo Cigliuti

Mr. Cigliuti is the founder and owner of Dthink Inc., in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a teacher and mentor at many academic institutions and is an accomplished Business Intelligence Specialist who offers many educational programs and certification preparation courses throughout South America.

On the ICCP Board, Pablo represents the CPCI – The council for professional informatics societies in Argentina.

​GIIM Board Representative: Jerry Luftman

Dr. Luftman’s experience combines the strengths of CIO/practitioner, consultant, and academic. His proficiency in business-IT alignment and IT trends, eighteen books, published research, consulting, mentoring, and teaching/speaking engagements exemplify Dr. Luftman’s expertise and leadership. After a distinguished twenty-two year career with IBM, he had an exemplary career for about twenty years as Professor, Founder and Associate Dean of the Stevens Institute of Technology Information Systems Programs (one of the largest in the world). Dr. Luftman has leveraged his experience as a CIO, IT management consultant, and leading academic, with his strong network of prominent IT practitioners and academics, to provide a valuable and innovative initiative to train managers and executives worldwide.

​R2C Board Representative: Kathy Rondon

Ms. Rondon is VP for Talent Management at R2C, an ICCP constituent member. A long-time federal government contractor (and previous government employee), she specializes in data governance and data curation in public sector environments and has been heavily involved in the new ICCP Public Sector Data Governance certification offering. Ms. Rondon often speaks on data governance issues at ICCP-sponsored conferences and other venues.

​ICCP Executive Director: Kewal Dhariwal

Dr. Dhariwal is a senior executive with extensive experience in working with industry leaders to provide for the needs of the workforce in Adult, Career and Technology Certification and Education. As a former Dean of Computing and Founder & Director of the Microcomputer Institute (NAIT Computer Training Center) he has proven experience in developing innovative programs generating millions of dollars in revenue. As founder of the Business Intelligence and Data Management Certification programs he has forged ICCP into a leading new methods and technology certification body. His lifetime commitment is towards improving the computer professions and constantly seeking ways to standardize our industry to the point of low failure and high success rates in software and systems development. He has been named a fellow of the Canadian Information Processing Society for his contributions to our industry